Step 5. Specify Retention Policy Settings
At this step of the wizard, specify retention policy settings.
To specify retention settings, do the following:
- From the Retention policy drop-down list, choose how long your data should be stored in the backup repository.
- Select a retention type:
- Snapshot-based retention.
Select this type if you want to keep an item until the restore point of an item's version is within the retention coverage.
- Item-level retention.
Select this type if you want to keep an item until its creation time or last modification time is within the retention coverage.
Note |
The retention type of a JET-based backup repository cannot be changed once set. |
- Click Advanced if you want to specify when to apply a retention policy. You can select the following options:
- Daily at
Select this option if you want a retention policy to be applied on a daily basis and choose the time and day.
- Monthly at
Select this option if you want a retention policy to be applied on a monthly basis and choose the time and day which can be the first, second, third, fourth or even the last one in the month.
